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Parliament opens with talk on terror

King Harald V formally opened Norway's 156th session of Parliament on Monday by reading aloud the traditional trontalen (the speech from the throne) on...

Terror bill exceeds a billion already

Norway's home-grown terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has already cost his fellow taxpayers more than NOK 1 billion (USD 188 million) in addition to the...

Higher tax set to raise food prices

Just months after the left-center government wrapped up an investigation into high food prices in Norway, it's reportedly prepared to contribute to price hikes...

Nobel committee leader strikes back

Thorbjørn Jagland, leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is firmly defending the independence of the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize and clearly...

Labour top calls for Nobel shake-up

One week before the next Nobel Peace Prize is due to be awarded, a top official of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Labour Party is...

Norway to host talks on Afghanistan

Top diplomats from all of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries plus several others, including the US, will meet for talks at a hotel in Oslo Friday...

Stoltenberg braces for budget bashing

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has no doubt that his government's state budget, set to be released next week, will meet lots of opposition. He...

Choices narrow for new SV leader

Audun Lysbakken, one of two deputy leaders of the ailing Socialist Left party (SV), seemed to have even higher chances of being chosen as...

Ministerial chat in China after all

Norway's currently controversial Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe became the first top government official in nearly a year to be admitted to...

Family raises post-terror questions

For the first time, the family of one of the victims of the July 22 terrorist attacks is publicly raising critical questions about the...
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